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Francisca Yu-Tsz Chang

Francisca Yu-Tsz Chang

Taiwanese diplomat


Zhang Youci[citation needed] (Chinese: 張幼慈; pinyin: Zhāng Yòucí), better known as Francisca Yu-Tsz Chang, is a diplomat of the Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan. She was the first female representative of the Republic of China in Colombia from 2020 to 2021, currently serving as the representative of the Republic of China to Peru.

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Biography

Zhang with U.S. Ambassador to Peru Lisa D. Kenna in 2022.

Zhang graduated from the Spanish Literature Department of Fu Jen Catholic University with a bachelor's degree and the Latin American Institute of Tamkang University with a master's degree.

She served as the second secretary of the embassy in Costa Rica, the head of the training institute for diplomatic and consular personnel of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the first-class secretary of the embassy in the Dominican Republic, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Spain, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Research and Design Association, Deputy Counselor of the Department of Latin America and the Caribbean of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Director of the Central American Economic and Trade Office, and Minister Representative of the Taipei Commercial Office in Colombia. She is currently the Minister Representative of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Peru.[1][2][lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]

In October 2019, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of China and Belize, the Belizean Embassy and the Central America Trade Office (CATO) jointly held the "Tastes of Belize" Food Festival, as well as a series of celebratory activities such as an art exhibition.[8][9]

In April 2021, when US Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Julie J. Chung visited Colombia, she had a video meeting with Zhang, with the two discussed cooperation between the United States and Taiwan in Latin America.[10]

In December 2021, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee of the Colombian Congress of Colombia, Huo Jing, presented Zhang with the "Colombia Congress Democracy Medal" (Spanish: Condecoración Orden Mérito a la Democracia). Zhang is also the first female envoy of the Republic of China to the country.[11]

Notes

  1. On June 7, 2007, Costa Rica broke off diplomatic relations with the Republic of China.[3] On May 1, 2018, the Dominican Republic broke off diplomatic relations with the Republic of China.[4]
  2. In September 2012, to unify the internal professional titles of personnel stationed abroad, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China clearly stipulated that embassies and representative offices should have ambassadors and ministers, and representative offices would still be called representatives and deputy representatives.[5][6] The head of the representative office has the rank of ambassador from the thirteenth to the fourteenth rank of the special appointment or the senior rank, and the minister representative from the twelfth to the thirteenth rank of the senior rank; the head of the representative office has the rank of the twelfth rank of the general consul, and the deputy director has the rank of deputy consul general from the tenth to the eleventh rank.[7]

References

  1. "Currículum Vitae de la Sra. Representante Francisca Yu-Tsz Chang". Oficina Económica y Cultural de Taipei en el Perú. 2021-12-24.
  2. "本處組織架構". 中美洲經貿辦事處. Archived from the original on 2020-10-19.
  3. "駐外機構組織通則". 中華民國法務部全國法規資料庫. 2018-06-13.
  4. "哥倫比亞參議院贈勳張幼慈代表". 中華民國駐外單位聯合網站. 2021-12-16.

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